WPuppy
by Sem Wong · Security
WPuppy is software for automatically updating Wordpress Plugins, Themes and Core.
41 health vs 63 average across 628 Security plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2943 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 99
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-01 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-30 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in band
- 2025-06-19 40+ → 30+ down after 24 days in band
- 2025-05-26 50+ → 40+ down after 282 days in band
- 2024-08-17 60+ → 50+ down after 260 days in band
- 2023-12-01 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-11-29 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-11-25 70+ → 60+ down after 46 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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